Post by conz on Apr 30, 2009 7:53:03 GMT -6
Jimmy,
Wonderful introduction, and welcome. I am so glad we have a Native American participating in these discussions concerning military activites between the Americans and the Lakotas.
I'm an actual cavalry officer, so we should have some interesting discussions. Let me be up front and say that, like George A. Custer, I greatly admire the Lakotas and their fight to remain independent. I also admire how, in defeat, they were able to carry on and maintain their society today, rather than disappear into the dustbin of history, as so many others have.
We have had many, many, great Native American Soldiers in our U.S. Army since then, and they still fight for their people...it is just a much larger people now. <g>
While I try to remain as objective as I can, I will promote the Army's point of view on this board...we have plenty others that promote different views. Please do not be offended in my so doing...it is out of intellectual pursuit and understanding, and will never be personal.
Sometimes debates on forums like this can get very impersonal, and we don't have the face-to-face filters that allow a more civil intercourse. I work hard at not seeming too callous in these arguments, but it will sometimes get that way in the passion of an argument. I don't mean to be disprespectful.
We'll all keep it honest, seek understanding, and unabashedly promote our perceptions of events and people, and we'll all come out the wiser for it, I hope. <g>
Enjoy! Let me know if I can explain things better, and I'll ask you if I don't think I understand your perspective.
Clair
Wonderful introduction, and welcome. I am so glad we have a Native American participating in these discussions concerning military activites between the Americans and the Lakotas.
I'm an actual cavalry officer, so we should have some interesting discussions. Let me be up front and say that, like George A. Custer, I greatly admire the Lakotas and their fight to remain independent. I also admire how, in defeat, they were able to carry on and maintain their society today, rather than disappear into the dustbin of history, as so many others have.
We have had many, many, great Native American Soldiers in our U.S. Army since then, and they still fight for their people...it is just a much larger people now. <g>
While I try to remain as objective as I can, I will promote the Army's point of view on this board...we have plenty others that promote different views. Please do not be offended in my so doing...it is out of intellectual pursuit and understanding, and will never be personal.
Sometimes debates on forums like this can get very impersonal, and we don't have the face-to-face filters that allow a more civil intercourse. I work hard at not seeming too callous in these arguments, but it will sometimes get that way in the passion of an argument. I don't mean to be disprespectful.
We'll all keep it honest, seek understanding, and unabashedly promote our perceptions of events and people, and we'll all come out the wiser for it, I hope. <g>
Enjoy! Let me know if I can explain things better, and I'll ask you if I don't think I understand your perspective.
Clair